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A series of liquefied gases were prepared in 1830 by the Edinburgh extra-mural chemistry lecturer named K.T. Kemp (1805-42). ('Extra-mural' meant that he taught 'outside the walls' of the university.) Based on the work of Sir Humphry Davy and Michael Faraday at the Royal Institution in London, these are amongst the earliest examples of liquefied gases to survive.
This is a detail of the ivory identification plate on the wooden base of the example which contains 'LIQUIFIED SULPHUROUS ACID GAS / K.T. KEMP 1830'.
Kenneth Kemp was regarded by his contemporaries as an innovative teacher, but who did not publish as much as he might have done. However, through inspirational teaching, his memory lived on. He also founded a business supplying chemical apparatus.
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- Online ID: 000-180-002-474-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
- Project:
National Museums Scotland Part 2
Project description View all records in project - Ref: National Museums Scotland T.1856.75 B 3
- Date: 1830
- Material: Liquified sulphurous acid gas
Gas, liquified / sample / acid, sulphurous - Dimensions:
- What: Gas, liquified / sample / acid, sulphurous
- Subject: 4. CHEMISTRY, Chemicals (Departmental Classification)
- Who: Kenneth T. Kemp, Edinburgh (Maker)
- Where: Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
- Event:
- Description: Sample of liquified sulphurous acid gas, made by Kenneth T. Kemp of Edinburgh
- References:
- A.D. Morrison-Low, Kemp & Co, Laboratory Suppliers in J.T. Stock and M.V. Orna (eds.), The History and Preservation of Chemical Instrumentation (Dordrecht, 1986), 163-186.
- K.T. Kemp, On the Effects of Electricity on the Liquified Gases, and on the Conducting Powers of these Fluids', Edinburgh Journal of natural and geological Sciences 3 (1830), 26-30
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